Studies of Health Insurance Claims Data in Japan: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health insurance claims data are used in various research fields; however, an overview on how they are used in healthcare research is scarce in Japan. Therefore, we conducted a scoping review to systematically map the relevant studies using Japanese claims data.

Methods

MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Ichushi-Web were searched up to April 2021 for studies using Japanese healthcare claims data. We abstracted the data on study characteristics and summarized target diseases and research themes by the types of claims database. Moreover, we described the results of studies that aimed to compare health insurance claims data with other data sources narratively.

Results

A total of 1,493 studies were included. Overall, the most common disease classifications were "Diseases of

SUBMITTER: Suto M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10407298 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature